Mysterious woman again seen flanking NK leader
A chicly-dressed woman was seen closely flanking North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during his visit to a Pyongyang kindergarten in state TV footage shown Sunday, reinforcing speculation she may be the wife of the young leader. The unidentified woman appears to be the same person who caught the attention of the outside world on July […]
5 overseas military units to get expanded tours
Seoul will seek to extend the missions of five overseas-based units including troops in Afghanistan and an anti-piracy one patrolling waters off Somalia, the Ministry of National Defense said Thursday. The request for the extensions, which also includes forces in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Lebanon and Haiti, will be submitted to parliament later this […]
Release of 4 detainees imminent
Meng Jianzhu, China’s public security minister, is to arrive in Seoul Thursday for a three-day visit, amid speculation that the release of four South Korean detainees in the neighboring country is imminent. This is the first time that a Chinese public security minister has visited South Korea since the two sides established diplomatic relations in […]
Foreigners use Kumgangsan Hotel
North Korea is allowing foreign groups to use some South Korea-developed facilities at the Mt. Geumgang resort, the site of a stalled cross-border project, but business remains sparse, a recent visitor there said Thursday. The resort once brought droves of South Koreans to facilities developed under an exclusive deal between the North and South Korean […]
3 nations plan consultation body
South Korea, the United States and Japan will launch a consultation body based in Washington D.C. to facilitate trilateral cooperation, their top diplomats announced Thursday amid persisting concerns over North Korea. The announcement was made by Foreign Minister Kim Sung-whan and his U.S. and Japanese counterparts, Hillary Clinton and Koichiro Gemba, after trilateral talks on […]
DUP seeks to curb chaebol investment
Lawmakers of the main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) proposed a bill Thursday that includes the reviving of the Regulation on Total Equity Investment. The regulation, which restricts big conglomerates from acquiring shares of other domestic companies, was originally introduced in 1987 to hold back the so-called chaebol from indiscriminately expanding in the local economy. […]
2007 election funds to be probed
Prsident’s elder brother arrested for taking bribes Prosecutors said Wednesday they are looking into the allegations that Lee Sang-deuk, President Lee Myung-bak’s elder brother, received illegal political funds from businesses to finance his brother’s presidential campaign in 2007. The elder Lee, a former National Assembly vice speaker, was jailed earlier in the day for taking […]
Rep. Chung’s arrest motion rejected
Saenuri faces criticism for protecting one of their own; Park Geun-hye skips vote Rep. Chung Doo-un of the ruling Saenuri Party survived a parliamentary motion Wednesday to have him arrested on charges of receiving money from the head of a troubled savings bank together with President Lee Myung-baks elder brother, Lee Sang-deuk. Rep. Park Geun-hye, […]
Lawmakers express concern over Korea-Japan military pact
Bipartisan lawmakers of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee Wednesday expressed concern over the intelligence-protection agreement with Tokyo. Some of them urged the need to sign an equivalent military pact with China, the nation’s biggest trading partner, to sweep away the allegation that the Korea-Japan pact aims to counter Beijing’s military expansion in the region, while […]
NK mystery lady prompts media swirl
Rampant speculation over a young woman seen with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un showed no sign of abating, Wednesday, with a wave of reports reflecting international curiosity over her emergence and its implications for the regime. Foreign and domestic media outlets and officials have pored over images released by Pyongyang of the woman seated beside […]
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